One Zambia, many histories
Subtitle: towards a history of post-colonial Zambia
By: edited by Jan-Bart Gewald, Marja Hinfelaar, Giacomo Macola.
Contributors: Gewald, Jan-Bart.; Hinfelaar, Marja.; Macola, Giacomo.
Series: Afrika-studiecentrum series
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789004165946
Subjects: Postcolonialism -- Zambia; Zambia -- History -- 1964-; Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1964-1991; Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Zambia -- Economic conditions -- 1964-
Description: "Inspired by an international conference held in Lusaka in August 2005, and presenting a broad range of essays on different aspects of Zambia's post-colonial experience, this collection seeks to lay the foundations for a future process of sustained scholarly enquiry into the country's most recent past."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula, UNIP and the roots of authoritarianism in nationalist Zambia / Giacomo Macola; title: Rebellion or massacre? : the UNIP-Lumpa conflict revisited / David M. Gordon; title: 'You can't fight guns with knives' : national security and Zambian responses to UDI, 1965-1973 / Andrew J. DeRoche; title: Enemies within? : opposition to the Zambian one-party state, 1972-1980 / Miles Larmer; title: Legitimizing powers : the political role of the Roman Catholic church, 1972-1991 / Marja Hinfelaar; title: Towards a history of the charismatic churches in post-colonial Zambia / Austin M. Cheyeka; title: Islam in post-colonial Zambia / Felix J. Phiri; title: 'The devil you know' : the impact of the mulungushi economic reforms on retail trade in rural Zambia, with special reference to Susman Brothers & Wulfsohn, 1968-80 / Hugh Macmillan; title: The informalization of Lusaka's economy : regime change, ultra-modern markets, and street vending, 1972-2004 / K. Tranberg Hansen; title: Fighting for democracy of the pocket : the labour movement in the Third Republic / Friday E. Mulenga; title: Gender and politics : the Zambia national women's lobby group in the 2001 tripartite elections / Bizeck J. Phiri; title: Subsidiary sovereignty and the constitution of political space in Zambia? / Jeremy Gould.